Shipping and display package for birthday cake candle holders



A. W. KRIEG Nov. 8, 1932.

SHIPPING AND DISPLAY PACKAGE FOR BIRTHDAY CAKE CANDLE HOLDERS Filed June 13, 1930 INVENTOR ..101 tion in which the'candle olders are securely Patented Nov. 8, 1932 1 uNirl-:D`v STATES ,PA'rEN'r.v oF-FICE ANTHONY w. Haino, or' BROOKLYN, NEW YOHH, AssIGNoiaVDY DIRECT AND iIEsNEJAssIGNMENTs, or- ONE-HALF To CYPEEss NOVELTY CORPORATION, A CORPORATION 'OE NEW YOHH, AND ONE-HALiiI To N. D. o. SPECIALTY CORPORATION, A CORPORATION OE NEW 'YORK SHIPPING AND DISPLAY PACKAGE EOE BIRTHDAY cAxE CANDLE HOLDERS Alpucuon mea June iagiaso.` serial No. 450,914.'

The invention is particularly directed a tray for carrying candle holders which con- These bodies are made of icing quite .brittle and vary quite a little in size and sha -One of the objects of my invention is .to

sist of ornamental bodies with wire stems. which is provide a tray which can be readily packed or loaded with such holders.

Another object is to rovide a construcheld against and in which they are not likely to be broken in packing or in shipment.

Another object is to provide a tray of this characterin which the `candle holders can be displayed uniformly. 4 v

Inca ing out the invention I provide-a tray whlilsi has upper and lower floors. llhe upper oor is rovided with a series ofo enings suitable or receiving the bodies o the candle holders and the lowerloor is pro.- vided with yieldingljaws or tongues for holding the stems. T e tray may be mounted in any suitable container which may have a transparent top for display pur oses.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view o a package embodying my invention.` i f Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan. view of the' tray showing this construction and with some candle holders in place.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional. view of a' fragment of one corner of a. tray and conprovided with ilan es such as 7 and 8 which connect them toget er and serve as supports.

The candle holders have ornamental bodies 9 with small stems 1() which may be of wire. A lower floor or plate 5 is providedwith a series of curved cuts 11 and 12 which intersect and form yielding tongues or )aws such as 14 and 15.. n

These cuts and tongues provide yielding portions into which the stems of the holders are adapted to be readily thrust and 'frictionally gripped. j

The up er lioor or plate 6 is provided with a series Oopenings or holes 16 which are ar ranged above the cuts and tongues in the lower plate. These upper holes are very much larger in diameter than the stems of the wire and serve `as seats for the tapered lov-.er ends of the ornamental bodies of the holders.

This very simple construction greatly facilitates the loading of the tray which is usually done by hand. The large hole 16 is quickly found portion of the lower plate readily receives the tip of the stem even though it is not applied centrally. The wall -of the hole -16 servesas a supportfor the side ofthe holder 9 rather than the lower end of the holder. There is therefore less, likelihood of injury to the icing because the sides of the holders are smoother and more uniform as a general thing than the lower ends of the icing. This also results in amore uniform' level of the tops ofthe holders in the tray than is possi'- ble when the holders are sup orted solely by of the holders.

the wires or by the lower en s of the bodies For shipment or storage purposes the trays may be enclosed in a box or container consistmg ofva casing 17- having a wall portion y the stem and the yielding enclosing said ioors and of an outer casing Or cover `ortion 18 having a wall portion that surroun s said casing 17. The outer casing 18'may have 'a transparent window 19 for` d is lay purposes, etc. claim:

1. A4 tra for holding candle holders hav-A ing tapere ornamental bodies, and elongated stems, said tray comprising a top plate having a number of spaced holes larger in diameter than the stems andsmaller indiameter than the tapered bodies and adapted to and kee the bo ies s aced apart from each other an a lower inem er plate having slitted portions forming tongues beneath the holesiin the top plate adapted to receive and frictionally grasp the stems to support the holders so that the body portions rest in the holes above without strain.

2. A shipping and display tray for candle holders having tapered body portions' and elon ated stems comprising a lower iloor mem r having slitted ortions providing yielding tongues adapted) to yield and fricsai a second casing enclosing said first casing tionally hold the stems of holders and an upr floor member provided with holes above the slitted portions larger in diameter than Vthe stems and smaller than the upper ort-ion 5 of the tapered body whereby the bo y por-P tions are seated centrally in the holes and the stems yieldingly held by the tongues beneath. i `3. A tray, in combination with a candle holder havingi a body with an enlarged head and elongate upper plate having spaced openings therein, and a lower adjacent plate spaced from-said upper plate, said lower plate being formed with `intersecting curved slits providing yielding tongues in alignment with said openings, said openings being smaller in diameter than said enlarged head and larger in diameter than said e ongated stem,.. said yieldin tongues being adapted to grasp said stem an support the holder permitting the enlarged head to seat in said openings without strain. A

4. 'A tray for supporting candle holders comprising an upper oor having spaced openings therein, a lower oor spaced from the upper floor and having intersecting slits in alignment with said openings, downwardly extending anges on said floors, the flange on the upper floor overlapping the flange on ingly held by said tongues whereby said hold- 4 and the free ends of the stems are positioned between the. bottom of the casing and the4 lower floor.

' ANTHONY W. KRIEG..

stem, said tray lincluding an the lower oor a casin having a wall surrounding said oors an anges, at least ,one

end of said casing being openfor insertion of said iioors and flangesl t erethrough, and

and having an opening in one end alignment with the opening in the rst casing.

5. A container .comprising a rectangularcasing having a transparent top surrounding i a supporting body, said supporting body hav ing two tiers, the upper of said tiers having circular holes thereln and the lower of said tiers having slots forming yielding tongues under and in alignment 'th eacll of said circular holes.

6. A container comprising a casing having a transparent top, an article supportlng body within said caslng, said article vsupporting body having an upper ortion and a lower portion in spaced relationship, holes in the upper portion for .seats for the article and slots forming yielding tongues in the lower portion to hol the stems of the article.

7 A packa of candle holders comprising a casing ormed of complementary telescoping sections, one of said sections having a transparent top, and the other a solid bottom portion, a tray for supporting candle holders supported and enclosed in said casing, said tray including an upper floor having openings therein, a lower iioor spaced from the upper floor and from the solid bottom portion and having intersecting slits forming yielding tongues in alignment with said openings, and candle holders having tapered body portions resting in the openings in the upper floor and elongated stems yield- 

